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1. From Strawberry Hill, the tower [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of part of the wall decoration, possibly a frieze or wallpaper, of the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill. An image of a cherub placing a vase upon a pedestal is present within an oval at the bottom of the design
- Description:
- Title from note on verso in an unidentified hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Formerly laid in at page 103 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Friezes (Ornamental bands), Wallpapers, and Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > From Strawberry Hill, the tower [art original].
2. Front of Strawberry Hill to the garden, as it was in 1747, before it was altered As altered. [art original]
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 121.11. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Titles from notes in ink below images, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, side by side. The leftmost drawing, which shows the earlier iteration of the house, includes labels in Walpole's hand: Mrs. Chenevix's library ; East bed ch. ; East parlour ; staircase ; closet ; kitchen., and Mounted on page 121.11 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Front of Strawberry Hill to the garden, as it was in 1747, before it was altered As altered. [art original]
3. [South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1769]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, after page xxxii. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs across the lawn, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified. Another watercolor of the same view has been attributed to Moses Griffith; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Views G853 no. 1., Probably after a 1769 drawing by Paul Sandby; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Formerly mounted to another backing, now removed, leaving only traces of manuscript note on verso: South vie[w] ... the Hon. [H?] ..., Mounted after page xxxii (leaf numbered '33' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic architecture.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Homes and haunts, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].